Improvement in fastenings for carriage-bows



A. M.. WHIPPLE. FasteningsforDarr iage Bows. No.155 354, PatentedSept.22,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AROHIBALD M. WHIPPLE, OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR CARRIAGE-BOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,354, datedSeptember 22, .874 application filed March 10, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARCHIBALD M. WHIP- PLE,of North Adams, in the county of Berkshire and in the State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOrnamental Fastening for Carriage-Bows; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification. I

The nature of my invention consists in a bolt or rivet provided with anornamental capped head for fastening a carriage-bow to the bow-iron bythe capped head fitting over the end of the bow,as will be hereinaftermore fully set forth In order to enable others skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will nowproceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to theannexed drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 alongitudinal section, of a part of a carriagebow and bow-iron embodyingmy invention.

A represents the end of a carriage-bow, and B the bow-iron, securedthereto by screws on or other suitable means. The lower end of the bow Ais fastened to the iron B by the following means: 0 is a bolt or rivet,provided on one end with a head, D, made in the form of a cap, which maybe ornamented in any desired manner. The bolt or rivet O is passedthrough a hole in the bow-iron immediately at the end of the bow, andthe cap or head 1) fits over the end of the bow, forming a simple, yetneat and tasteful, finish for the same.

Heretofore sockets have generally been used to form the finish at thelower end of the carriage-bow; but in using such sockets it is necessaryto have the bow-irons made especially for them, as the bow-irons have topass through them; and to do this they must be made smaller than thosenow in market. The sockets cannot be enlarged, as the extra sizerequired to admit of the irons passing through would make them so largeand bungling in appearance that they would be totally unfit for thepurpose designed. Again, the difficulty in casting the socket and thelabor in finishing them up inside and out are so great as to make themtoo expensive to come into general use.

These difficulties are entirely overcome by casting the bolt or rivet Owith the ornamental capped head D. They can beused with any iron now inthe market, and can also be used on carriages now running, which will bea great convenience, as they are continually giving out at that point.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The bolt 0, provided with the capped head D, in combination with the bowA and bowiron B, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this19th day of February, 1874.

AROHIBALD M. WHIPPLE.

Witnesses:

O. L. Evnn'r, A. G. POTTER.

